Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has vowed that the Vietnamese government would continue to create a fair and friendly business environment as well as take action to enhance the competitiveness of Vietnamese enterprises.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh hailed special advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Tsutomo Takebe for his contributions to bilateral friendship over the past two decades during a reception in Hanoi on May 16.

The second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 2) and related meetings entered the sixth working day in Hanoi on May 14 with meetings and workshops focusing on urbanisation, science-technology and the internet economy, among others.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attend the 26th World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF-ASEAN) in Phnom Penh on May 11, emphasising the creation of a new growth driving force to maintain the bloc’s dynamic development and competitiveness.